Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Republicans are the party of chaos and catastrophe.

Relentless negativity is not a sign that you are more realistic.

The line between political reporting and fan fiction continues to blur.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

Marge, god is saying you’re stupid.

Republicans: The threats are dire, but my tickets are non-refundable!

rich, arrogant assholes who equate luck with genius

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

Donald Trump, welcome to your everything, everywhere, all at once.

I like you, you’re my kind of trouble.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

He really is that stupid.

Maybe you would prefer that we take Joelle’s side in ALL CAPS?

I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.

The US Supreme Court is on the ballot in november.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

Found liable for massive fraud, is required to post a massive bond, gets a break, then files a *fraudulent* bond!

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

The next time the wall street journal editorial board speaks the truth will be the first.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

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  3. 3.

    BR

    Also, when did granite countertops become the sign of high class living? I kind of find them ugly and gaudy myself…

    Or is it that in the cookie-cutter suburban-asteroid-belt-around-rotting-Southern-cities where these guys live having granite countertops is what sets you above the rest?

  4. 4.

    Svensker

    T.O. McCain also got a good “if those guys weren’t actually liberal plants” slipped in there, too, just in case the “both sides do it” thing doesn’t work.

  5. 5.

    beltane

    These misbegotten creatures will come up with excuses for just about anything up to and including genocide. Water is wet, the sun rises in the east, and right-wingers are violent thugs.

  6. 6.

    SapphireCate

    My whole family has granite counter tops. My uncle carves tombstones and gives the scraps to his siblings. Who knew I was so posh?

  9. 9.

    BudP

    The invisible hand of the market sometimes need a little help from the visible jackboot of thuggery.

  10. 10.

    eemom

    ah, so it is going to be a day of posts featuring the horrific image of “curb stomping”……

  11. 11.

    merrinc

    But it’s the liberals who refuse to accept personal responsibility. I saw a bumper sticker the other day that said so.

  12. 12.

    El Cid

    @SapphireCate: The Real Amurkins who discovered Graeme Frost’s granite-looking (how would the guy looking through the window know?) countertops surely just have a hose and a bucket for a sink and a loading pallet on cinder blocks for a countertop. ‘Cause, you know, right wing bloggers are all impoverished farmers.

  14. 14.

    JUST A NORMAL GUY (THE ORIGINAL)

    WELL THIS IS DEFINATELY A LIBERAL PLANT BY ‘MOVE-ON’ DOT

    WELL WE HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS TYPE OF ‘AGENT PROVACOTUER’ BEFORE, EVER SENSE THE BABY-KILING ABORSIONIST DOCTORS STARTED TO KILLING THEM-SELVE’S, IN ORDER TO HELP THE LAME-STREAM MEDIA PLACE THE BLAME ON THOSE OF US WHOM ARE PRO-LIFE, SUCH AS THE GOOD MAN ERICK RUDOLF.

    HOW MANY ABORSIONIT’S HAVE SHOT THEM-SELF BETWEEN THE HEAD TO BLAME PRO-LIFER’S? WELL ITS TO MANY TO COUNT.

    WELL YOU LIB’S TRUELY HAVE NO SHAME

  26. 26.

    daveNYC

    HOW MANY ABORSIONIT’S HAVE SHOT THEM-SELF BETWEEN THE HEAD TO BLAME PRO-LIFER’S? WELL ITS TO MANY TO COUNT.

    This bit was a little over the top. Maybe dial that down some and it’ll be good to go.

  28. 28.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    @Sentient Puddle:

    I play the original rock band; a Jackson Rhoads, loaded effects chain, 200 watts of amp into a couple of 12″ Celestions and a 1,200 watt home stereo system that dumps into enough speakers to make shit fall off the walls of the neighbors house.

    Fuck them toys. :)

  30. 30.

    aimai

    @beltane:

    Yeah, I really actually laughed out loud. Also “to (sic) many to count” was good. I really think it needed the all caps, too. Almost a performance piece.

    aimai

  31. 31.

    celticdragonchick

    At what point do we start thinking about defending ourselves from right wing violence?

    Just putting that out there.

  32. 32.

    Wiesman

    Everyone needs to relax.

    My Republican brother-in-law in TN says this isn’t the first time something like this has been staged. I mean, let’s be honest: he’s right. The masterminds who faked Obama’s birth announcement in those Hawaiian newspapers 48 years ago would have no problem faking this video too.

    Come on people, use your brains.

  34. 34.

    soonergrunt

    @beltane:

    …right-wingers are violent thugs.

    Don’t you remember last week? We don’t think about right-wing violence associated with the election.

  40. 40.

    El Tiburon

    Malkin needs to quickly expose her home address so we can really give her a good what-for.

    I expect Joe the Stomper to announce his run for Congress on Hannity in 3-2-1.

  42. 42.

    celticdragonchick

    @General Stuck:

    Neanderthals were stuck with limestone and dolomite countertops, which suck because it is sooo damned hard to get the venison grease stains out of them.

  43. 43.

    SpotWeld

    @celticdragonchick: As much as your post was ment to be partially tongue in cheek I’d like to reply with a small (and hopefully non-snarky) comment.

    The minute we start differentiating between “right-wing” and “left-wing” violence we are applying a political label to the situation. I agree that you need to identify a cause to form a proper repsonce, but there is also a need stay focused on the main issue.

    How do you defend yourself from violence in general.

    Go to polical events in groups, be aware of your surroundings, know how to defend yourself?

  44. 44.

    Citizen_X

    Are you people NUTS she HAD A WIG ON! Who KNOWS what she could have been up too!

    I’m camping out on my portsch with a shotgun these next few days. If I see any people wearing wigs or any other sort of desguises–say, like, this weekend–well I’m going to have to take ACTION like a TRUE PATRIOT. YOU KNOW THEY HAVE TWO BE ACORN AGENTS AND SEIU UNION THUGGS!

  47. 47.

    celticdragonchick

    @SpotWeld:

    Go to polical events in groups, be aware of your surroundings, know how to defend yourself?

    Quite so. As you observed, I was being slightly tongue in cheek but also trying to provoke a bit as well.

    I think you are stupid at this point to not have several (tough) friends and pepper spray at a rally these days.

  48. 48.

    quaint irene

    No sh*t about the right wing blogs. Since this is the first I’ve heard of this incident I googled Valle’s name and ‘Extreme Conservatives’ was one of the first sites up. At first glance I thought it was a parody of wingnuttia. Sadly, no. Consensus there is she certainly got what she deserved cause she’s a ‘paid far-left activist’. (Far-left is a term applied with Tourette’s-like frequency on this site.) And she thinks things like the BP oil spill was kind of a bad thing, which obviously is a crime to these folks.
    I can just imagine what these idiot’s first reaction to that chick who carved a ‘B’ in her cheek back in 2008.

  51. 51.

    Randy P

    @Redshift: You’d think so. But I was reading about the incident on TPM, and thought this comment was similarly obvious snark.

    It appears that the quick-thinking gentleman was defending Dr. Paul from imminent assault by a demented shock trooper from MoveOn, the radical leftist organization.

    But apparently it’s real.

    (WordPress isn’t showing my link as a link, but clicking on the word “TPM” will take you to the story).

  52. 52.

    Linda Featheringill

    @Culture of Truth:

    when did countertop inspection trend? What did I miss?

    During the summer before the vote on Health Care Reform. Some guy staged a one-person counter demonstration against the people agitating against HCR.

    Some people said he had no right to demonstrate for more accessible health care because he was prosperous enough to have granite countertops in his kitchen. Somebody peeked through the window, I guess.

  53. 53.

    General Stuck

    @celticdragonchick:

    Neanderthals were stuck with limestone and dolomite countertops

    Well, yea. the middle class Neanderthals were stuck with those, but the upscale ones could afford granite kitchens. Early banksters, I suspect.

  55. 55.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @SpotWeld: CDC’s use of the term “right wing violence” is apt here for a few reasons. One, the current discussion was prompted by an act of right wing violence. Two, the vast majority of violent rhetoric in US politics is coming from the right. Three, given the general sympathies of most people who visit this blog, I tend to doubt that they would be in any serious danger of being the victim of left wing violence should any occur. Four, any talk of violence in the political arena without identifying the motivation and ideology behind it simply allows a “pox on both your houses,” both sides do it reaction from the media. It should be made clear who is operating within the rules of the system and who is willing to step outside at the drop of a hat.

  58. 58.

    SpotWeld

    @Omnes Omnibus: I conceed your point, and was only speaking in the specific instance of personal defence. If you start focusing on a single source of potential attack, you risk becoming vulnarable from another direction.

    If I’m among friends at a left-wing event and two of them get into a violent fight over sports teams I’m at risk as an bystander if I fail to be aware of the situation around me.

    As for the discussion of the incident listed above, blame should be placed where it belongs. Right now I have a short video clip, about a paragraph of text from a local news website and a lot of blog chatter. So I reserve further comment until I’m better informed.

  59. 59.

    Michael Carpet

    For all the humorous and satirical comments, can we just say what is obvious? Joe the Stomper is simply a coward. Say it again — coward. The video has good images of his face; the police should have no trouble identifying him and charging him with assault and battery. Chicken sh*t.

  61. 61.

    Gateway Pundip

    Obviously a setup by George Soros.

    The guy stomping her head was Saul Alinsky, and the guy holding her down was Emmanuel Goldstein.

  62. 62.

    sherifffruitfly

    I fully expect to hear from “true progressives” about how the curb-stomping was Obama’s fault for being too much of a betraying coward to show real progressive leadership.

  64. 64.

    JohnR

    @Dennis SGMM:

    Nah, they don’t really need a fire/excuse. 1. The NSDAP didn’t have Fox News, and was forced to handcraft their justifications the old-fashioned way, and
    2. We’re well past the point where any sort of real justification is needed. As this episode points out, “everybody knows” that liberal/union/NBB thugs are routinely assaulting God-fearing Real Americans, so the justification is already there. Every one of these attacks that gets glossed over by the news outlets like this leads to an escalation the next time. We’ve gone from threats and “isolated incidents” to explicit campaign violence in just a year and change. A bombing or shooting that will be blamed on the liberals may be desirable, but at this point, it hardly seems necessary.

  65. 65.

    BGinCHI

    I showed the video to a focus group composed of Chelsea and U of KY fans, and they all pointed out the obvious: she’s wearing red and deserved what she got.

  69. 69.

    soonergrunt

    @Mnemosyne:

    Fortunately for everyone, it’s way harder than you think to get hold of toxins that are harmful in powder form.

    I won’t complain about that fact. My point was and is that some right wingers respond to political positions that oppose theirs with violence. The violent rhetoric is certainly elevated this year, and people shouldn’t be surprised when this happens, and it’s going to be worse locally where wingers do badly, and I think nationally it will be worse if they do badly nationally.

  73. 73.

    mantis

    He hasn’t entered the countertop phase yet, but Jackboot Hoft is already on the case (beware: fascist catholic site):

    Another day… Another unhinged leftist stalks and lunges at a Republican leader.

    MoveOn.org contract employee Lauren Valle wasn’t counting on this reaction by Rand Paul supporters.

    She was tackled and stepped on by Paul supporters. (TPM)

    Look for the state-run media to make her into some kind of saint by the end of the day.

    Here’s the video:

    A MoveOn.org activist had her head stepped on after she tried to harass Rand Paul prior to his final debate on Monday.

    All that about stalking, lunging, and harassing? He just invents that, safe in the knowledge that his readers will just assume it’s true. If you go to a public debate between two candidates for Senate, you’re a “stalker.” If you try to talk to a Republican candidate, you are “harassing.” If you are thrown to the ground and have your head stomped on, you are “lunging.”

    And if you are Jim Hoft, you are a fascist scumbag.

    The comments, by the way, are quite illuminating.

    The left puts their boot to the neck of the private sector every day.

    – donh

    Did they squash her head like a ripe melon?

    –Baraq Hasan al-Bama

    Aside from a foot being placed on her head, I see no other way to tell these crazies that they aren’t wanted.

    – Auntie Em

    You get the picture.

  74. 74.

    Mnemosyne

    @soonergrunt:

    I agree with you — it’s just that I hadn’t seen anyone correct the initial reports that the power was toxic when it (fortunately) turned out not to be.

    Because it’s fairly difficult to, say, buy anthrax or build a working bomb, right-wing violence is going to come in the much more direct form of bullets and fists.

  75. 75.

    LGRooney

    @sherifffruitfly: It is his fault for not putting on his cape, using his laser vision to form a protective ring around her, and hauling the perps away to jail without bothering the police or courts.

    Or perhaps it is his fault for not using the ESP that comes with the office to stop this before it had a chance to happen.

  76. 76.

    gene108

    Shouldn’t have worn the wig. People who wear wigs are trying to hide something.

    No wig, no one trying to pull it off. No falling down, no setting someone up to step on you.

    I can’t blame Paul supporters of trying to stop someone, who looks suspicious and is in a disguise, trying to get close to their candidate.

  77. 77.

    gregw

    @celticdragonchick:
    Umm, now? This next two years; hah, that’s optimistic of me, are going to be a nightmare of violence no matter if the House is lost or not.

    The BSC are out of control.

  78. 78.

    Randy P

    @soonergrunt:
    For when the inevitable right-wing “Grijalva is a wuss for being afraid” scorn starts… does anyone remember a similar panic when a right-winger received a similar mailing?

    I’m almost certain there was such an incident recently, but can’t remember who or when.

  79. 79.

    Michael Carpet

    Gene108 says “I can’t blame Paul supporters of trying to stop someone, who looks suspicious and is in a disguise, trying to get close to their candidate.”

    Oh, come on! There is a huge difference between “trying to stop” someone and stomping on the head of a woman pinned to the ground with her head on a curb.

    Admit it — it was cowardly and wrong. Full stop.

  80. 80.

    ed drone

    @Randy P:

    “shot themselves in the head”

    Actually, he made a wonderful Bill ‘O reference by saying “shot themselves between the head,” proving that the snark is strong in this one (though he missed the fact that ALL CAPS DAY was last week).

    It just occurred to me that John McCain’s “That One” remark in that 2008 campaign debate may have subconsciously come from Star Wars’ “The force is strong in this one” line. It was, I’m sure, not thought-out at all (it’s John McCain, after all), but it could have been a reaction to Obama’s personal “force,” that mana he exhibits, that caused McCain to call him “That One,” instead of his name. Or John McCain is just a forgetful, angry old man. Occam’s razor, anyone?

    Ed

  81. 81.

    General Stuck

    Events like this are only appetizers for what will follow. I will say it again, it is choosing up sides time, and while that has been the case in our civilized venue for getting along this country, the abject partisanship is about to get worse in Congress with this election. Whether the wingers take control of either chamber, or not, they will win seats from our conservadems, and replace them with hardcore wingers. Thereby further purifying the ideological rift on both dem and repub sides of the isle.

    Democrats are all but certain to lose a number of seats and perhaps their majorities. Most of the casualties will be fiscally conservative Democrats from Republican-leaning areas, leaving a smaller, more solidly liberal caucus less inclined to support cost-saving changes in future Social Security benefits, for example.

    Republicans’ ranks will almost certainly be strengthened by a wave of conservatives, including Tea Party loyalists, who are opposed to raising any taxes and to compromising with Democrats generally — a stand Congressional Republican leaders have adopted. And incumbents otherwise inclined to make deals are now wary, Republicans say privately, mindful of colleagues who lost primary challenges from Tea Party candidates.

    Nothing much will get passed that could be considered pragmatic remedies for our huge problems, that are about to get much worse with the boomer train arriving at the station. A positive feedback loop of blame and instransigence and more blame will take hold, and spiral the country into crisis. When all that is left is politics by other means, and curb stomping will seem like an act of love. I am a natural optimist, buy by gawd I cannot see any way out of this nations current straights into civil unrest, short of some national calamity from outside that pushes us together. If there is something I’m missing, please say it somebody.

  83. 83.

    Citizen_X

    @gregw: TPM threads are being overrun by reichtards these days. Apparently, this election has them all wee-wee’d up, to quote one commenter.

  84. 84.

    DMG

    Can anyone explain to me why some conservative friends of mine are wondering if this woman was a “plant” similar to the “supposed racists” planted at Tea Party functions so that they could be documented in order to paint the entire movement as racist?

    I’m assuming they got the “racist plant” thing from Fox and the like, but seriously…what the hell?

  85. 85.

    kamper

    Sylvia Plath (probably a secret Teabagger, like Moe Tucker), said it best:
    Every woman adores a Fascist,
    The boot in the face, the brute
    Brute heart of a brute like you.

  88. 88.

    soonergrunt

    @Randy P: I am unaware of any instance of a powder being mailed to a Democrat. That kind of harrassment seems exclusive to the right wing.

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